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we'll get the latest on the wisconsin senate race. wisconsin senate race. stand by. crest. life opens up when you do. >>> let's head to the midwest right now and take a closer look at the lay of the political land in wisconsin, another key battleground state. it has ten electoral votes. it went for president obama in 2008. the latest polling shows the president with a six-point lead over romney in wisconsin. the president will be heading to wisconsin this week. it certainly remains a toss-up on the cnn electoral map. there's also a very heated u.s. senate race in wisconsin underway right now. here's cnn's ted rowlands. >> reporter: on the right, tommy thompson, on the left, tammy baldwin, now 70, he served four terms as wisconsin governor and was george w. bush's secretary of health and human services. she's 50, openly gay and a 14-year veteran of the house of representatives. up for grabs is the senate seat left open by retiring democrat herb cole which republicans desperately want to help them win a majority. >> i'm tommy thompson. >> reporter: both sides are pooring in c
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wisconsin, i'll be there tomorrow. wisconsin, i think, right now the momentum is with governor romney. we've done a whole lot of winning as republicans in wisconsin. you look at colorado. >> let me stop you in wisconsin because i want to read you something that david axelrod told "the daily caller." >> we expected wisconsin to be closer than last time. it is in our column now, and it's going to be in our column. >> yeah, well, he can say whatever he wants to say. i mean, they haven't been able to win in wisconsin for a long time. they claim that the obama machine was out during the walker recall. we basically crushed them in wisconsin. i have seen firsthand the difference between obama's rhetoric on their ground game and the reality, and the reality is they're not as good as they think they are, but overall besides the ground game talk, this is about the president's policies, the current state of the economy. it is a complete disaster. only one person has been very clear on a plan to get this economy back on track, and
wisconsin, i'll be there tomorrow. wisconsin, i think, right now the momentum is with governor romney. we've done a whole lot of winning as republicans in wisconsin. you look at colorado. >> let me stop you in wisconsin because i want to read you something that david axelrod told "the daily caller." >> we expected wisconsin to be closer than last time. it is in our column now, and it's going to be in our column. >> yeah, well, he can say whatever he wants to say. i...
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wisconsin, same poll. these states obviously pretty important to a path of victory as well. >> that's alarming to the romney campaign. an eight-point lead in one state, a six-point lead in another. these are taken right after the debate where the president had a lot more energy. let's see if the president's bounce holds. walk back over, wolf, show you. in this calculation if i gave florida to romney and north carolina to romney, if those iowa and wisconsin numbers hold and say the president were to get these two states in the midwest, what happens then? the president then is at 253, governor romney 235. and this is the calculation, this is the big fight in the campaign. if the president's doing better in iowa, doing better in wisconsin, what else is jumping out at you in the midwest? i just got off a plane an hour ago from the state of ohio. that's a state, wolf, where you look at the map, ohio come back to it in the conversation, the president's up two, maybe three, nobody disputes that. the romney campai
wisconsin, same poll. these states obviously pretty important to a path of victory as well. >> that's alarming to the romney campaign. an eight-point lead in one state, a six-point lead in another. these are taken right after the debate where the president had a lot more energy. let's see if the president's bounce holds. walk back over, wolf, show you. in this calculation if i gave florida to romney and north carolina to romney, if those iowa and wisconsin numbers hold and say the...
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have been visiting wisconsin and why the obama campaign is on the air in wisconsin. it is absolutely competitive. and i would say the same thing about michigan where you see vice president biden visited a few weeks ago. so, our ads have been effective. and i think you'll see more of them going forward. big picture, i don't have any doubt that bill burton and his allies will have plenty of resources. in 2008 john mccain got outspent by $250 million. in 2004, george w. bush got outspent by $100 million. so the unions and the super pacs on the left and george soros funded super pacs, you're going to have plenty of money. i'm not worried about that. what i'm very excited about is having the resources to respond to your attacks. >> this is actually an important point. dan eagan has an important piece that folks should take a look at. between charlie and all the other groups out there, they've had a lot of money. whether that money has been strategically spent is the question. we've focused a laser on the middle class. there's a week in august where restore had an ad up ab
have been visiting wisconsin and why the obama campaign is on the air in wisconsin. it is absolutely competitive. and i would say the same thing about michigan where you see vice president biden visited a few weeks ago. so, our ads have been effective. and i think you'll see more of them going forward. big picture, i don't have any doubt that bill burton and his allies will have plenty of resources. in 2008 john mccain got outspent by $250 million. in 2004, george w. bush got outspent by $100...
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he's about to speak in madison, wisconsin. we're going to hear from him live this hour as he tries to recover. also, we'll hear live from mitt romney. he's now campaigning with new energy and momentum after his showing in the debate last night. plus, big bird thrust into campaign politics and on the defensive. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> only 33 days to election and an entirely new dynamic in the battle between president obama and mitt romney. the republican nominee is widely seen as the winner of last night's debate while even the president's strongest supporters now concede he was not at the top of his game. and now the president is back out there on the campaign trail. he's getting ready to speak at a rally over at the university of wisconsin in madison. we're goingo be hearing from him live this hour. but first, listen to what he said about mitt romney at a rally earlier today before he left denver. >> when i got on to the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. [ lau
he's about to speak in madison, wisconsin. we're going to hear from him live this hour as he tries to recover. also, we'll hear live from mitt romney. he's now campaigning with new energy and momentum after his showing in the debate last night. plus, big bird thrust into campaign politics and on the defensive. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> only 33 days to election and an entirely new dynamic in the battle between president obama and mitt romney. the...
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if you look at a similar poll of likely wisconsin voters, in wisconsin, same nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll, president obama 51%, mitt romney at 45%. when you see those numbers, that's, that's not good news for your candidate in two important states. >> well, soledad, what is good news is when you look at the rest of the polling, you think those two, first of all it's a shocker that wisconsin is even in play. we looked at polling last night for pennsylvania is becoming in play. we looked at polling last night that showed that governor romney is moving ahead in the national poll. almost 7%. according to the gallup poll. and one of the things, soledad, that i measure by is not even just the polling, although our polling we think looks really good. but the size of the turnout of these crowds when the governor's coming to virginia. i've never seen crowds like this or enthusiasm like this so we're excited about the direction this is going. i just hope it continues to move in this direction. >> there are some analysis that says and nbc points this out, they say, the reason those poll
if you look at a similar poll of likely wisconsin voters, in wisconsin, same nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll, president obama 51%, mitt romney at 45%. when you see those numbers, that's, that's not good news for your candidate in two important states. >> well, soledad, what is good news is when you look at the rest of the polling, you think those two, first of all it's a shocker that wisconsin is even in play. we looked at polling last night for pennsylvania is becoming in...
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women, in iowa and wisconsin by double digits. and that's mitt romney's problem. >> you've been doing some reporting x ryan, on nevada right now. unemployment has gone down slightly but it's still above the national average. what do you see there? >> i went there to try to figure out why in a state with 12% unemployment has obama led every poll this year. it's just a demographic story there. the democrats say the adult latino citizen population has grown 39% since 2008 and they've worked for the last four years to really register those voters and get them to turn out for the democrats. so that it could be a firewall if romney runs the table with florida, north carolina, virginia, colorado and new hampshire, then obama has to hold wisconsin and ohio and win either nevada or iowa. so that to me looks like the sort of division right now. those first states i mentioned, those are the states where romney has really done well since the first debate. so you could see nevada as a firewall if obama keeps his lead in wisconsin and ohio. >>
women, in iowa and wisconsin by double digits. and that's mitt romney's problem. >> you've been doing some reporting x ryan, on nevada right now. unemployment has gone down slightly but it's still above the national average. what do you see there? >> i went there to try to figure out why in a state with 12% unemployment has obama led every poll this year. it's just a demographic story there. the democrats say the adult latino citizen population has grown 39% since 2008 and they've...
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. >> we continue to follow developments coming out of brookfield, wisconsin. this is to the west of milwaukee, suburban milwaukee. apparently a shooting took place in a day spa. at least seven people have been transported to a hospital. that's all we know at this particular time. authorities continue to look for a suspect. you can see there is a large gathering of emergency equipment on the scene, and we continue to follow developments after this break. [ male announcer ] if you can't take a sick day, here's a cold hard fact. alka-seltzer plus cold & cough may cause marked drowsiness. try dayquil cold & flu for non-drowsy relief of these symptoms. so you can save the day, not worry about falling asleep. keys, keys, keys, keys, keys. ♪ well, he's not very handsome ♪ to look at [ sighs ] ♪ oh, he's shaggy ♪ and he eats like a hog [ male announcer ] the volkswagen jetta. available with advanced keyless technology. control everything from your pocket, purse, or wherever. that's the power of german engineering. ♪ that dirty, old egg-suckin' dog ♪ >>> he
. >> we continue to follow developments coming out of brookfield, wisconsin. this is to the west of milwaukee, suburban milwaukee. apparently a shooting took place in a day spa. at least seven people have been transported to a hospital. that's all we know at this particular time. authorities continue to look for a suspect. you can see there is a large gathering of emergency equipment on the scene, and we continue to follow developments after this break. [ male announcer ] if you can't...
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he could still go to ohio, go to wisconsin. go out west. and they can say we'll take down ads in virginia, but the campaign continues. that's where i think it's going to be dicey for the president. justifying being president and candidate obama. >> the flip of what you said, roland, you don't want to be in nevada saying vote for me while the east coast is suffering. >> it's all about the optics. you don't want people saying how callous of you. here, americans are suffering. they have damaged homes and are having to rebuild their lives and you're running around spending millions of dollar on campaign ads. it's not a good look. >> you made the case this is going to affect both of them. but the people that don't vote in the three or four days it affects their state, two days, whatever it is, some might not vote at all. >> that's a really thorny question. my guess is that those voters are going to turn out if they are intensely committed to either candidate. if not, that's a concern for both campaigns. they need the actually motivate those guys
he could still go to ohio, go to wisconsin. go out west. and they can say we'll take down ads in virginia, but the campaign continues. that's where i think it's going to be dicey for the president. justifying being president and candidate obama. >> the flip of what you said, roland, you don't want to be in nevada saying vote for me while the east coast is suffering. >> it's all about the optics. you don't want people saying how callous of you. here, americans are suffering. they...
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police in wisconsin have identified a suspect in the shooting today in brookfield, wisconsin. we see the suspect's home, these are the images that we're getting from one of our affiliates as police continue to look for this man, they don't have in custody, they say that he opened fire inside a spa injuring several people. he is still on the loose and police are investigating that as a possible domestic dispute. the chief of police is going to ho a news conference and we'll continue to monitor and bring it to you when it happens. >>> america has lost a liberal standard bearer, george mcgovern, the one-time presidential candidate, a preterm senator was a world war ii veteran, a protester of the vietnam war. >>> a critic of the syrian regime. we're going to hear from al assaad who was killed in a car bombing. the lebanese blame the libyan government. >>> foreign policy will be the main focus of tomorrow night's third and final presidential debate. it will take place in a hotly contested state, that is florida where the 29 electoral votes are a must-win for romney, which is no dou
police in wisconsin have identified a suspect in the shooting today in brookfield, wisconsin. we see the suspect's home, these are the images that we're getting from one of our affiliates as police continue to look for this man, they don't have in custody, they say that he opened fire inside a spa injuring several people. he is still on the loose and police are investigating that as a possible domestic dispute. the chief of police is going to ho a news conference and we'll continue to monitor...
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take wisconsin, take iowa, and the president's over the top. let's just say for the sake of argument he takes wisconsin but governor romney gets the state of iowa on election day. the president would still be at 265 with ohio and wisconsin, then he just needs five more. new hampshire would give him four so that's not big enough. but obama campaign increasingly thinks the latino vote in nevada would do it. that would put the president over the top there. if he didn't get nevada for some reason, the president's options would be colorado, virginia, new hampshire or florida. the president with an easier path. what about governor romney. let's leave this one blue. can governor romney get there if ohio is going blue. can romney get all the way to 270 when the president's already at 275. well, he would have to win florida, he would have to win virginia. then you're at 255, 254. he would have to win colorado. that would put him in play at 263. then from there, how does governor romney get over the top? he would if he won wisconsin, paul ryan's home sta
take wisconsin, take iowa, and the president's over the top. let's just say for the sake of argument he takes wisconsin but governor romney gets the state of iowa on election day. the president would still be at 265 with ohio and wisconsin, then he just needs five more. new hampshire would give him four so that's not big enough. but obama campaign increasingly thinks the latino vote in nevada would do it. that would put the president over the top there. if he didn't get nevada for some reason,...
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here we are milking cows in racine county, wisconsin. what are we doing in a place that offers such delicious dairy delicacies? this is a county and state in play in a place that hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in 1984. the rank family has farmed her since grover cleveland was president. marsha rank and linda nelson have run the family dairy for 16 years. >> right underneath. >> reporter: twice a day, 3:00 a.m. and p.m. they milk their 80 cows. >> this is a first. >> reporter: they want to expand but it's pricey, and credit tight. their biggest concern, government debt acting like an anchor on the economy. either of you made up your mind about who you're going to vote for? >> i have a pretty good idea. >> yeah. >> reporter: but still could change it? >> could change it. >> anything could change. >> reporter: so what is it they want from the white house? >> it's going to take someone that wants to strap on their big boy boots and really take charge and say look, we are in a world of hurt. we need change. >> reporter: voters her
here we are milking cows in racine county, wisconsin. what are we doing in a place that offers such delicious dairy delicacies? this is a county and state in play in a place that hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in 1984. the rank family has farmed her since grover cleveland was president. marsha rank and linda nelson have run the family dairy for 16 years. >> right underneath. >> reporter: twice a day, 3:00 a.m. and p.m. they milk their 80 cows. >> this is a first....
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michelle obama is in ryan's home state of wisconsin. keeping an eye on the candidates there. >>> now, aa lot at stake from president obama and mitt romney in monday's third and final presidential debate. joining us now to talk about what we should be looking out for is cmn's fareed zakaria, host of fareed zakaria gps and a man who knows his foreign policy. let's talk a bit first about the back and forth over libya in tuesday night's debate. what did you make of it? >> well, i think clearly president obama got the better of that exchange, and romney just made a mistake and dug himself deeper into that mistake by insisting that he was right on what was really kind of a technical point, and it distracted attention from his larger argument, which was a perfectly fair one, which was the administration had been at the very least very clumsy in the way it had handled the aftermath of the crisis, so -- >> do you see that being rectified in the next round? >> i think he'll be very hard on obama. yes. i think what romney has decided is that the b
michelle obama is in ryan's home state of wisconsin. keeping an eye on the candidates there. >>> now, aa lot at stake from president obama and mitt romney in monday's third and final presidential debate. joining us now to talk about what we should be looking out for is cmn's fareed zakaria, host of fareed zakaria gps and a man who knows his foreign policy. let's talk a bit first about the back and forth over libya in tuesday night's debate. what did you make of it? >> well, i...
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. >> the election may hinge on how women vote in states like wisconsin. we sent miguel marquez to the southeastern wisconsin town of waterford, where he talked with business women, many of them still waivering on how they'll vote. >> reporter: here we are milking cow in wisconsin. who else would we be doing in a place that offers up such delicious dairy delicacies. this is in play, in a place that hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in 1984. the rank family has farmed here since grover cleveland was president. marcia rank and linda nelson have run the family dairy for 16 years. >> right underneath. yeah. >> reporter: twice a day, 3:00 a.m. and p.m., they milk their cows. they want to expand, but it is pricey and credit tight. their biggest concern, government debt acting like an anchor on the economy. either of you made up your mind about who you're going to vote for? >> i have a pretty good idea. >> yeah. >> reporter: but still could change it? >> could change it. >> yeah. >> anything can change. >> reporter: so what is it they want out of the whi
. >> the election may hinge on how women vote in states like wisconsin. we sent miguel marquez to the southeastern wisconsin town of waterford, where he talked with business women, many of them still waivering on how they'll vote. >> reporter: here we are milking cow in wisconsin. who else would we be doing in a place that offers up such delicious dairy delicacies. this is in play, in a place that hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in 1984. the rank family has farmed here...
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a man started shooting inside a hair and nail sa money outside milwaukee, wisconsin. here's a shopping center where it happened, seven people were shot. police say three of those people are dead. they believe that this man is their shooter. right there. police say they know where he lives. they have his car. they're trying to figure it out. a live report moments away. >>> violent protests erupted in beirut after the funeral of lebanon's assassinated intelligence chief. general wa saw him wa saw him a was killed friday. some protesters are blaming syria for the assassination and pointing fingers at lebanon's government which is linked to hezbollah. syria's government and hezbollah have condemned the assassination. more ahead from beirut in this broadcast. >>> at least 85 people were killed in syria today, including five children and five women. syria's bloody sift war is more than 18 months old. the u.n. arab league envoy president with charles assad in damascus. the envoy is trying to broker a cease-fire before an important muslim holiday begins on friday. >>> debate
a man started shooting inside a hair and nail sa money outside milwaukee, wisconsin. here's a shopping center where it happened, seven people were shot. police say three of those people are dead. they believe that this man is their shooter. right there. police say they know where he lives. they have his car. they're trying to figure it out. a live report moments away. >>> violent protests erupted in beirut after the funeral of lebanon's assassinated intelligence chief. general wa saw...
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this is lacrosse, wisconsin, let me say it again, this is home turf for his opponent, paul ryan. we're going to sneak a quick break in. as soon as we see joe biden, we'll take him live. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> lacrosse, wisconsin, the vice president, i was just told the crowd booed as he started talking debate and mentioned the words paul ryan. let's listen. >> anyone who watched that debate, i don't think there is any doubt that congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for america and quite frankly a fundamentally different value set. and the fact is that the differences that we have about the future of this country are quite frankly profound, as profound as any dif
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jessica, let's starts in the midwest, iowa, wisconsin. the president has a small but consistent lead from the romney campaign's perspective in ohio. how much of the midwest at the heart of the obama path to 270? >> they -- well, they are relying on it pretty confidently, john. they feel good about those states. they think because the unemployment picture is improving there, in many of those states it's actually lower than when the president came into office, because the auto bailout worked for so many of the voters in ohio, also you can look at michigan but even especially in ohio, and because he has an advantage if you look at the latest polling in iowa and wisconsin among women voters in particular, they feel strong that the president has a good shot there and it's part of his firewall against some of these other potential losses in the states you were looking at earlier, for example, florida and north carolina. >> so jim, she uses the term firewall. what's the feeling inside the romney campaign? they have to feel a little better about
jessica, let's starts in the midwest, iowa, wisconsin. the president has a small but consistent lead from the romney campaign's perspective in ohio. how much of the midwest at the heart of the obama path to 270? >> they -- well, they are relying on it pretty confidently, john. they feel good about those states. they think because the unemployment picture is improving there, in many of those states it's actually lower than when the president came into office, because the auto bailout...
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and paul in wisconsin 65% for mitt romney, 59% for barack obama. so clearly in those three battleground states they think romney has stronger leadership qualities than the president does. >> well, that's what comes from having a strong debate. but notice this was a gain for romney much more than a loss for president obama. i think that's really unusual about this last debate. romney helped himself, there's no doubt. he eroded the president's lead, but he didn't really erode the president's position. in other words, people still like the president, they support the president. if the election were held today, he'd still win. it would be a lot closer than a week or two ago. these internals do matter. and it's wise i think we're highlighting strong leader. look at things like cares about me, for the middle class. let's see if what president clinton was saying a minute ago starts to catch on. if people start to believe this guy's a phony, and i think he is, that's going to really hurt romney on that leadership dimension. he had a good debate, but while
and paul in wisconsin 65% for mitt romney, 59% for barack obama. so clearly in those three battleground states they think romney has stronger leadership qualities than the president does. >> well, that's what comes from having a strong debate. but notice this was a gain for romney much more than a loss for president obama. i think that's really unusual about this last debate. romney helped himself, there's no doubt. he eroded the president's lead, but he didn't really erode the...
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in fact, it's probably one of the largest in southeast wisconsin, so the city of brookfield population is about 38,000, but with this commercial corridor, we almost triple that in population in daytime hours with transients who come to shop in the area and so forth. so although we are typical sleepy suburban area because of the commercial corridor, it invites in a lot of other people which has been to the benefit of the community but then also it, you know, creates situations like this. not to say that this happens on a regular basis, because certainly it does not. >> of course not. this would have been a very busy place on a sunday morning, right? >> yeah. it was probably just starting to get busy. i don't think the mall actually opens until noon, maybe 11:00 at the earliest. i was actually kind of surprised to hear that azana where the shooting might have taken place was in my district, i was actually kind of surprised that they were even open on a sunday. it could have been a lot busier time, but fortunately, things were probably just kind of getting up and running in the community.
in fact, it's probably one of the largest in southeast wisconsin, so the city of brookfield population is about 38,000, but with this commercial corridor, we almost triple that in population in daytime hours with transients who come to shop in the area and so forth. so although we are typical sleepy suburban area because of the commercial corridor, it invites in a lot of other people which has been to the benefit of the community but then also it, you know, creates situations like this. not to...
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the president has a lead in wisconsin. the republicans say it's close enough. let's say the president is more comfortly ahead in wisconsin, plus 1 or 2 ahead in ohio right now. iowa is viewed as a toss-up. if the president can't get iowa, he would look for back-up plan, maybe nevada, maybe new hampshire, maybe virginia. but the most obvious path is camp out in the midwest and get it there. >> what about mitt romney? that seems to be more -- a more convoluted path at the least, right? >> reporter: well, it's harder, because he starts at 191, not 237. so simple math tells you, he's got a harder path to get there. here's how he gets there. number one, he needs the state of florida, 29 electoral votes there. he needs north carolina and most likely virginia, as well. if he does that, that gets him to 248. florida, north carolina, virginia gets him to 248. then add in the 18 in ohio, no republican has won without it, that gets him to 266. at that point, governor romney could win any other state. now, he still thinks iowa is in play for him. he thinks new hampshire wh
the president has a lead in wisconsin. the republicans say it's close enough. let's say the president is more comfortly ahead in wisconsin, plus 1 or 2 ahead in ohio right now. iowa is viewed as a toss-up. if the president can't get iowa, he would look for back-up plan, maybe nevada, maybe new hampshire, maybe virginia. but the most obvious path is camp out in the midwest and get it there. >> what about mitt romney? that seems to be more -- a more convoluted path at the least, right?...
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. >> reporter: the billboards have been popping up in cities in ohio and wisconsin. 85 in milwaukee and 30 in columbus and another 30 in cleveland and 31 in cincinnati. protests started almost as soon as they went up, demanding the signs come down. >> this billboard is nothing but a symbol of pure, unadulterated to target an african-american community. >> reporter: the two advertizing companies that sold the space, clear channel and norton outdoor say the buyer was not out to target minorities. >> no request for any specific demographic target at all. they wanted the best locations they could get for those four weeks leading up to the election. >> reporter: the big mystery is, who is behind them? the billboard itself does not tell. paid for by a private family foundation and neither company will say who that is. after declining an on-camera interview here's what clear channel wrote to cnn. the advertiser put into the contractor remain anonymous. our policy to require advertisers including political advertisers to have disclaimers to identify them. unfortunately, that policy was not foll
. >> reporter: the billboards have been popping up in cities in ohio and wisconsin. 85 in milwaukee and 30 in columbus and another 30 in cleveland and 31 in cincinnati. protests started almost as soon as they went up, demanding the signs come down. >> this billboard is nothing but a symbol of pure, unadulterated to target an african-american community. >> reporter: the two advertizing companies that sold the space, clear channel and norton outdoor say the buyer was not out to...
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but let's begin with wisconsin. democratic senator, retiring, the national republican senatorial committee has now put out this ad that compares the congressional voting record of the democratic base to nancy pelosi. what is the point? >> it is a tried and true strategy for the republicans to tie any democrat to the democratic leader nancy pelosi. let's start with the republican in the race, tommy thompson. governor of wisconsin for 13 years. really popular back then. republicans were hoping that because of that him as their candidate would make this a relatively easy pickup for republicans. especially since as you mentioned the democratic candidate who is the congresswoman, tammy baldwin, she's relatively liberal and she's from the ultra liberal college town of madison, which isn't necessarily how the entire electorate of wisconsin which tends to be more conservative, that is really one of the main arguments from the republicans against her. listen to this ad. >> can we really trust tammy baldwin? baldwin pledged t
but let's begin with wisconsin. democratic senator, retiring, the national republican senatorial committee has now put out this ad that compares the congressional voting record of the democratic base to nancy pelosi. what is the point? >> it is a tried and true strategy for the republicans to tie any democrat to the democratic leader nancy pelosi. let's start with the republican in the race, tommy thompson. governor of wisconsin for 13 years. really popular back then. republicans were...
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ted rolands takes a look at one pierce fight in wisconsin wes. >> here in wisconsin it is known as the senate race between tammy and tommy. it has been contentious, and it is extremely close. >> ae 14-year veteran of the house of representatives. up for grabs is the senate seat left open by retiring democrat herb cole, which republicans desperately want to help them win a majority. >> i am tommy thompson zsh i'm tammy baldwin. >> reporter: both sides are pouring in cash. stateord $40 million has been spent so far on this e-fou coming from groups not directly associated with the candidate, but are very interested in the outcome. >> you can't turn on your tv right now without running into ads for tammy and tommy. >> reporter: daniel bice has been covering wisconsin politics for more than 20 years. this race he says is all about attacking the opponent. >> no longer supports the interest of wisconsin. he is trying to define her not as the nice tammy baldwin you see on tv, but as an extreme liberal who votes in a way that people in wisconsin would not support. >>> each agree each candidate
ted rolands takes a look at one pierce fight in wisconsin wes. >> here in wisconsin it is known as the senate race between tammy and tommy. it has been contentious, and it is extremely close. >> ae 14-year veteran of the house of representatives. up for grabs is the senate seat left open by retiring democrat herb cole, which republicans desperately want to help them win a majority. >> i am tommy thompson zsh i'm tammy baldwin. >> reporter: both sides are pouring in cash....
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with a gentleman and he is a gentleman, a gentleman from wisconsin, congressman ryan who -- no. i hardly agree with anything he says, but i want to tell you i think he's a decent guy. and he has a beautiful family. and he's a great husband and father. and for that i have great respect for him. [ applause ] but you know anyone who watched that debate i don't think there's any doubt that congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for america. and quite frankly a fundamentally different value set. and the fact is that the differences that we have about the future of this country are quite frankly profound. they're as profound as any difference as any presidential campaign that i've observed that i've been involved in. and the truth is that i think people were listening. and if they were, they know what some of those differences are. and they know how those differences can fundamentally affect the direction of this country. >> let's dig a little deeper right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger. are you surprised
with a gentleman and he is a gentleman, a gentleman from wisconsin, congressman ryan who -- no. i hardly agree with anything he says, but i want to tell you i think he's a decent guy. and he has a beautiful family. and he's a great husband and father. and for that i have great respect for him. [ applause ] but you know anyone who watched that debate i don't think there's any doubt that congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for...
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southeastern wisconsin can feel safe in this matter that we are not seeking any additional suspects. >> so here is what we know right now. three people are dead, four people are wounded. the man witnesses say walked into a day spa and started shooting is dead, suicide they believe. police now are trying to put together why he did it and to draw a connection to the victims. >>> preparations are underway for the third and final presidential debate. it is in boca raton, florida, on monday night. the focus will be foreign policy. senior political director mark preston is there. mark? >> reporter: 24 hours from now the candidates will be seated at a table behind me for this 90-minute debate. perhaps that will calm down a little bit of the fireworks we saw a week ago where barack obama had to reassert himself to try to energize his base and show, in fact, he was not going to back down to mitt romney. mitt romney is going to get the first question tomorrow night. they'll both have a chance then to answer the question and then there will be a discussion on it. this is going to be about forei
southeastern wisconsin can feel safe in this matter that we are not seeking any additional suspects. >> so here is what we know right now. three people are dead, four people are wounded. the man witnesses say walked into a day spa and started shooting is dead, suicide they believe. police now are trying to put together why he did it and to draw a connection to the victims. >>> preparations are underway for the third and final presidential debate. it is in boca raton, florida, on...
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i'm from janesville, wisconsin. know what the unemployment rate in scranton is today? >> sure do. >> 10%. >> yeah. >> know what it was the day you guys came in? >> 8.5%. that's how it's going all around america. look -- >> you don't -- that's not how it's going. it's going down. >> frustration from thursday's debate, one that's shaking up the race. when the vice president was getting ready for it, he turned to congressman chris van hollen for preparation. the maryland democrat sat in for ryan in practice sessions with biden and he joins me now. welcome, congressman. >> piers, great to be with you. >> i'm always curious, if you're the guy who's being paul ryan for days on end, how do you feel watching the real thing happening without you? >> oh, that's a very good question. i'm right now going through sort of deprogramming, having played paul ryan for four days. look, i mean, you never know what's going to happen in one of these debates. the good news is the vice president just hit a home run and look, the one thing we knew was joe biden going in there, he's a fighter f
i'm from janesville, wisconsin. know what the unemployment rate in scranton is today? >> sure do. >> 10%. >> yeah. >> know what it was the day you guys came in? >> 8.5%. that's how it's going all around america. look -- >> you don't -- that's not how it's going. it's going down. >> frustration from thursday's debate, one that's shaking up the race. when the vice president was getting ready for it, he turned to congressman chris van hollen for...
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senate race in wisconsin as well. here is ted rollins. >> it is the senate race between tammy and tommy. on the right, tommy thompson. he is now 70 and was george bush's secretary of health and human services. she is 50, openly gay, and up for grab social security the seat that was herb cole's. >> almost 3 similar 4 of the money sent is being spent by groups not directly associated with the candidates but are very interested in the outcome. >> reporter: daniel bice has been covering elections for years. >> she's trying to define thompson has a good governor, but no longer supports what's right for wisconsin. he is trying to define her not as the nice tammy baldwin you see on tv but as an extreme liberal that would not vote for what the people want. >> reporter: the pundits seem to agree that each candidates have a win. they have both been ahead at times, but now -- >> right now we're at a tied ration. >> the marquette numbers thousand wisconsin is polarized. maybe because of the gubernatorial recall election. the race
senate race in wisconsin as well. here is ted rollins. >> it is the senate race between tammy and tommy. on the right, tommy thompson. he is now 70 and was george bush's secretary of health and human services. she is 50, openly gay, and up for grab social security the seat that was herb cole's. >> almost 3 similar 4 of the money sent is being spent by groups not directly associated with the candidates but are very interested in the outcome. >> reporter: daniel bice has been...
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this local news anker from wisconsin gave a four-minute smackdown to a nasty fan. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about. and which aarp medicare su
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come over to the heartland, in the state of ohio, you see here, again, he was down a lot in wisconsin before the first presidential debate. that's paul ryan's home state. he's pulled into a statistical tie. this one's a bit more troublesome for the romney campaign. they are closer in ohio than before the first debate but still behind. the president has kept a small but steady lead in the state of ohio. that one's a bit of a problem for romney but he's at least closer from before the debate. after the debate, let me show you one more in the state of virginia. this state is critical to romney's scenario. he was down by a handful, in some polls even more before the first debate. w he's one point ahead. just quickly, i want to show why that matters. going into the first debate, republicans were starting to get very nervous about this, the electoral college map. when you look at the improved polling now, the romney scenario, three two one, is much more realistic. what is that? take the three states obama won, indiana, which leaned romney's way, north carolina which you would have to favor
come over to the heartland, in the state of ohio, you see here, again, he was down a lot in wisconsin before the first presidential debate. that's paul ryan's home state. he's pulled into a statistical tie. this one's a bit more troublesome for the romney campaign. they are closer in ohio than before the first debate but still behind. the president has kept a small but steady lead in the state of ohio. that one's a bit of a problem for romney but he's at least closer from before the debate....
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president obama before this huge crowd in wisconsin. as you know, we talked about this, there were 67 million people plus watching the debate. not that many people were watching his comments yesterday. he has a ways to go to reverse the enthusiasm gap. i think you can say he had between yesterday and the debate. >> you are absolutely right. very good point. the. >>> four minutes after the hour. lot of news today. first friday of the month means it is jobs day. 8:30 a.m. we will get an update from the labor department. >> you know w is watching it all for us, christine romans has the forecast and a look at the big picture. >> hi, guys. you know, a lot of economists are telling me they don't expect any surprise this month or next month before the election. they expect the same sluggish growth we have seen. 110,000 jobs created is the forecast for this month. 110,000 employment rate at 8.1%. you know, we have seen housing coming back a little bit and seen stronger consumer confidence. so if there is a risk, economists are telling me it cou
president obama before this huge crowd in wisconsin. as you know, we talked about this, there were 67 million people plus watching the debate. not that many people were watching his comments yesterday. he has a ways to go to reverse the enthusiasm gap. i think you can say he had between yesterday and the debate. >> you are absolutely right. very good point. the. >>> four minutes after the hour. lot of news today. first friday of the month means it is jobs day. 8:30 a.m. we will...
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should the folks in iowa, should the folks in wisconsin, which both states you've mentioned, should they be ready for a lot more love from both campaigns in the coming weeks? >> reporter: yes. i think it is impossible now to buy more tv time in ohio. the campaigns will find some way to figure it out, cable time, sports programming, but in time of the noon news or 6:00 news, that time is sold out. i'm in virginia now. this state is 50/50. the romney campaign believes it is trending their way. if you just take a worse case scenario for president obama, and let's say governor romney wins florida, governor romney gets north carolina, virginia back to its republican dna and romney wins virginia, you say here comes romney, here comes romney. the president can stop him if right now he's ahead in wisconsin, he's ahead in ohio, ahead in the public polls in iowa, the romney campaign says that's a dead heat. if the president can hold ohio it almost impossible, not impossible, but almost impossible for governor romney to get to 270. i suspect we got two weeks to go. vice president biden will be payi
should the folks in iowa, should the folks in wisconsin, which both states you've mentioned, should they be ready for a lot more love from both campaigns in the coming weeks? >> reporter: yes. i think it is impossible now to buy more tv time in ohio. the campaigns will find some way to figure it out, cable time, sports programming, but in time of the noon news or 6:00 news, that time is sold out. i'm in virginia now. this state is 50/50. the romney campaign believes it is trending their...